frightening

adj.

1. 引起恐惧的；使惊恐的；骇人的
   making you feel afraid
   1. a frightening experience/prospect/thought
      可怕的经历 / 景象 / 想法
   2. It's frightening to think it could happen again.
      想到此事可能再次发生就使人不寒而栗。

1. ADJ-GRADED 令人惊恐的;令人害怕的;骇人的
   If something is frightening, it makes you feel afraid, anxious, or nervous.
   1. It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous...
      那段经历太恐怖了，他们表现得非常勇敢。
   2. The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening.
      年轻人犯罪的人数多得骇人。

1. 'Frankly I found it rather frightening.' — 'A little startling,' Mark agreed.
   “坦白说我觉得这相当可怕。”——“是有点吓人，”马克表示同意。
2. It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous
   那是一次让人胆战心惊的经历，而他们表现得非常勇敢。
3. The fishermen said the company's seismic survey was frightening away fish
   渔民们说这家公司进行的地震勘测把鱼都吓跑了。
4. The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening.
   年轻人犯罪的人数多得骇人。
5. Bullying can indeed be distressing and frightening for those at the receiving end.
   受到欺凌的人会真实地感到痛苦和害怕。
6. The whole car shuddered with an almost frightening surge of power
   油门猛然加大到几乎让人恐惧的程度，整个汽车剧烈震颤着。
7. It was a very unpleasant and frightening attack.
   那是一次非常恶劣且骇人的攻击。
8. Going into that deep, pitch-dark cave was really frightening.
   山洞又黑又深，进去可真吓人。
9. I had a frightening encounter with a poisonous snake.
   我曾意外地遇到过一条毒蛇，吓得我要命。
10. His aspect was frightening.
    他那副样子很可怕。
11. The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening.
    这种流行病传播范围之广令人惊惶不安。
12. Was this the answer to the frightening riddle of tara's silence?
    这是不是对可怕的塔拉沉默之谜的解答呢？
13. One day, I hear frightening news: we are being shipped to another camp.
    然后的一天，我听到一个可怕的消息：我们要被转移到另一个集中营。
14. I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element.
    我得出了一个让人惊讶的结论：我自己才是决定性因素。
15. I think it's frightening rather than exciting.
    刺激什么呀，我觉得太吓人了。
16. I know. it's surprising how frightening things attract us.
    我知道，很奇怪吓人的东西怎样吸引我们。
17. My boredom was so frightening that I know.
    我的无聊是那么可怕，我知道。
18. I think they are cruel and frightening.
    我认为他们很残忍而且吓人。
19. Though I find these fallacies to be laughable, I also find them rather frightening.
    虽然我觉得这些谬误很可笑，我也觉得它们相当可怕。
20. Pandemic became a hugely frightening word in the minds of the public and the media.
    在公众和媒体的心目中，疾病大流行成了极为可怕的字眼。
21. Which doesn't sound that scary, but it was the most frightening experience of my life.
    声音其实并不可怕，但那也算是我一生中最可怕的经历了。
22. It was frightening and strange, and forever changed the way I feel in a thunderstorm.
    它很可怕，很奇怪，永远改变了我对雷暴的感觉。
23. I know it must be a frightening experience for you, evelyn.
    艾芙琳，我知道那对你是个很可怕的经验。
24. She speaks horrid things in her sleep, frightening the servants.
    她在睡眠中自语着恐怖的事情，吓坏了她的佣人。
25. Not so far as I can see. That is really frightening.
    迄今为止，我还看不到。这的确非常可怕。
26. This is a new problem probably not yet unavoidable; but it is a frightening trend.
    这是一个新问题，也许是不可避免的问题，但其趋势却令人担忧。
27. It's a frightening thing to kill so many miners in the accident.
    那么多矿工在事故中遇难身亡，真是太可怕了。
28. For our society and country, this is a very frightening prospect.
    对于我们的社会和国家而言，这种前景十分可怕。
29. I read a frightening story which took place in a haunted house.
    我读了一篇可怕的故事，这个故事发生在常常闹鬼的房子里。
30. Alzheimer's can be a very frightening and debilitating disease for the patients and the families as well.
    阿尔茨海默氏症可以是一个非常可怕的和使人衰弱的疾病，为病人和家属以及。

noun

1. the act of inspiring with fear

   Synonym:    terrorizationterrorisation

adj

1. causing fear or dread or terror
   1. the awful war
   2. an awful risk
   3. dire news
   4. a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
   5. the dread presence of the headmaster
   6. polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
   7. a dreadful storm
   8. a fearful howling
   9. horrendous explosions shook the city
   10. a terrible curse

   Synonym:    awfuldiredirefuldread(a)dreadeddreadfulfearfulfearsomehorrendoushorrificterrible